Lee Childs has the button in seat 9, Tuan Lam raises from the small blind to 480,000, Scotty Nguyen reraises from the big blind to 1.48 million, and Lam thinks for about a minute before he calls. There is already 3.06 million in the pot.
The flop comes , Lam checks, Nguyen bets 700,000, and Lam calls. There is now 4.46 million in the pot.
The turn card pairs the board with the , and both players check.
The river card is the , Lam bets 1 million, Nguyen raises to 3.5 million, and Lam goes into the tank for about five minutes before he eventually calls. Nguyen shows for two pair, kings and fours, and Lam shows for a higher two pair, kings and tens.
Lee Watkinson is on the button. Jon Kalmar raises to 450,000 from the cutoff seat. Jerry Yang reraises to 950,000 from the big blind. Kalmar makes the call. It's heads up to the flop and both players check it down all the way. By showdown, the board reads...
The players turn up their hands. It's for Jerry Yang and for Jon Kalmar. Kalmar has a pair of nines and wins the pot.
Philip Hilm
Tuan Lam has the button in seat 1, Scotty Nguyen raises from the small blind to 530,000, and Philip Hilm calls from the big blind. The flop comes , Nguyen bets 600,000, and Hilm calls. There is now 2.36 million in the pot.
The turn card is the , Nguyen checks, Hilm bets 1.2 million, Nguyen moves all in, and Hilm immediately calls with for a set of fives. Nguyen shows for a pair of queens, and he's drawing dead. (The meaningless river card is the .)
The crowd goes silent as the chip stacks are counted down to see how many chips Scotty Nguyen has left.
Philip Hilm has exactly 6.845 million. Scotty Nguyen has about 9.195 million. Hilm doubles up to about 16.05 million in chips. Nguyen is knocked all the way down to about 2.35 million.
Rain Khan is on the button and folds. Alex Kravchenko calls in the small blind and Jon Kalmar checks in the big blind. The flop is . Both check. The turn is . Both check. The river is . Both check. Kravchenko shows versus K-4 for Kalmar. Kravchenko takes it.
Alex Kravchenko has the button. Steven Garfinkle raises to 500,000 from under the gun. Action folds around to Lee Watkinson on the button who reraises to 2,000,000. Garfinkle folds and Watkinson wins the pot.
Scotty Nguyen has the button in seat 4, Philip Hilm raises from the small blind to 610,000, and Raymond Rahme calls from the big blind. The flop comes , Hilm checks, Rahme bets 1.05 million, and Hilm folds. Rahme takes the pot.
, Lam checks, Nguyen bets 700,000, and Lam calls. There is now 4.46 million in the pot. 
, and both players check. 
, Lam bets 1 million, Nguyen raises to 3.5 million, and Lam goes into the tank for about five minutes before he eventually calls. Nguyen shows 
for two pair, kings and fours, and Lam shows 
for a higher two pair, kings and tens. 
for Jerry Yang and 
for Jon Kalmar. Kalmar has a pair of nines and wins the pot.
, Nguyen bets 600,000, and Hilm calls. There is now 2.36 million in the pot. 
for a pair of queens, and he's drawing dead. (The meaningless river card is the 
. Both check. Kravchenko shows 
versus K-4 for Kalmar. Kravchenko takes it.
, Hilm checks, Rahme bets 1.05 million, and Hilm folds. Rahme takes the pot.
